Former Pakistan pacer Shoaib Akhtar just lately received below fireplace after he criticised skipper Babar Azam over his lack of communication expertise. He had said that Babar can by no means turn out to be a “brand” in Pakistan as he can not communicate correct English in entrance of the media. Shoaib obtained quite a bit backlash from the followers and a few former gamers for his assertion as they insisted {that a} participant ought to be judged solely on his cricketing expertise and never on the idea of his language. As the eighth version of the Pakistan Super League in happening, Akhtar as soon as once more took an oblique dig on Babar after wicketkeeper-batter Azam Khan performed a match-winning knock for Islamabad United in a match in opposition to Karachi Kings.
Chasing 202 in opposition to Karachi, Azam Khan performed an unbeaten knock of 72 off 41 balls because the United registered a six-wicket win of their earlier PSL match. After the match, Shoaib praised Azam on Suno News for his knock and stated, “I found Azam Khan as a responsible guy who can build the innings, not just slog. He spoke smartly in the interview as well, and it felt nice to hear him speak like that as he talked about his performance. When I was playing 20 years ago, I didn’t care how I spoke. But in today’s era, being in media is a part of your job. I can only indicate and pin-point for you, ‘this is a problem, please go and correct it. It’s for your own benefit’. He (Azam) looked like a captaincy material with the way he spoke.”
Akhtar additional took a dig at Babar’s ‘ICC Player of the Year’ award, which he had received earlier this 12 months, and stated, “When Wasim Akram, Waqar Younis, Shahid Afridi, and Abdul Razzaq used to play, they would say, ‘the whole ground and its crowd is mine. I control the atmosphere in this place’. And Azam was controlling that. That’s how you become a star. It’s not just about winning ICC Player of the Year awards, no no. The things Azam did… crowd backed him, he took their ownership. He was like, ‘I’m here to run the show.”
Earlier, Akhtar had additionally backed spinner Shahab Khan to exchange Babar Azam because the captain of the nationwide facet sooner or later.
“Shadab is a very smart kid when it comes to cricket skills. He wants to improve, which is a very good thing. He is ready to accept his mistakes and rectify them. In past two years, he has worked very hard on his bowling and his fitness has improved as well. He wants to look good and speak well. In times to come, he is not a bad option for captaincy for Pakistan in white-ball cricket,” Akhtar was quoted as saying by Cricket Pakistan.
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